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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

The film industries in South Korea and
the Philippines and the cooperation between the two countries will be the main
topics at this year’s Hallyu Forum, which will be held on Sept. 17 at Pandanggo
Hall of the historic Manila Hotel.

Korean Cultural Center in the
Philippines (KCC) will be holding the Hallyu (or the Korean Wave) Forum as the
launch pad for the 2013 Korean Film Festival in the country.

“Hallyu Forum 2013: The New Wave of
Cinema” is organized by the KCC Philippines in cooperation with the Ministry of
Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) of Korea, the Korea Organization of
International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) and the Film Development Council of
the Philippines (FDCP).

This is the second year that the Hallyu
Forum is being organized. Last year, the inaugural forum focused on the impact
of Hallyu on the Filipino psyche.

KCC Philippines said the word “Hallyu”
is derived from two Korean words: “Han” for Korea and “Ryu” for waves; it was
originally coined by the Chinese media to describe the growing popularity of
Korean dramas imported to their country.

Hallyu has a strong following in the
Philippines especially in the form of K-pop music, Korean dramas and the yearly
Korean Film Festival.

According to the KCC Philippines, the
first panel of the Hallyu Forum will focus on the Philippine film industry.

Patrick Campos of the UP Film Institute
and Dean Roland Tolentino of the UP College of Mass Communication will serve as
discussants while Tito Genova Valiente, head of the Gawad Manunuri ng
Pelikulang Pilipino, will be the reactor.

For the Korean film industry, Park
Ji-yin, senior researcher of the Film Research & Development Department of
the Korean Film Council will lead the panel, followed by Filipino director
Tikoy Aguiluz and Jeong Tae-sun, general manager of CJ Entertainment Vietnam.

Isabel de Leon, lifestyle editor of the
Manila Bulletin, will also be part of the second panel as a reactor.

Identifying the areas of cooperation
between Korea and the Philippines will be discussed in the final panel.

Panelists are Filipino director Pepe
Diokno and Korean producer and director Jonathan Kim, who is the president and
CEO of Dyne Film.

Jag Garcia, chair of the Digital
Filmmaking for the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, will be the reactor.

Other sponsors of the Hallyu Forum are
the Manila Hotel, the Korea Tourism Organization and LG.